The Whole Town's Talking
22/02/1935
2h

Ordinary man-in-the-street Arthur Ferguson Jones leads a very straightforward life. He's never late for work and nothing interesting ever happens to him. One day everything changes: he oversleeps and is fired as an example, he's then mistaken for evil criminal killer Mannion and is arrested. The resemblance is so striking that the police give him a special pass to avoid a similar mistake. The real Mannion sees the opportunity to steal the pass and move around freely and chaos results.
Cast


Edward G. Robinson
Arthur Ferguson 'Jonesy' Jones / 'Killer' Mannion


Jean Arthur
Wilhelmina 'Bill' Clark


Arthur Hohl
Det. Sgt. Michael F. Boyle


James Donlan
Detective Sergeant Patrick J. Howe


Arthur Byron
Spencer


Wallace Ford
Healy


Donald Meek
Hoyt


Etienne Girardot
Seaver


Edward Brophy
'Slugs' Martin


Paul Harvey
'J.G.' Carpenter


J. Farrell MacDonald
Prison Warden (uncredited)
Ralph Remley
Sam Dixon


Joe Sawyer
Mannion's Thug (uncredited)


Lucille Ball
Bank Employee (uncredited)


Bess Flowers
Miss Gower (uncredited)
Robert Stanley
Reporter (uncredited)
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